Ajit Pawar Tables ₹57,509 Crore Supplementary Budget To Boost Infrastructure, Welfare In Maharashtra
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Mumbai, July 1, 2025
During the monsoon session of the Maharashtra Legislature in June 2025, Deputy Chief Minister and State Finance & Planning Minister Ajit Pawar presented supplementary demands amounting to ₹57,509.71 crore.
This additional funding will primarily be used for infrastructure projects such as roads, metro lines, and irrigation schemes; preparations for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela; the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Health Scheme; the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Grant Scheme; scholarships for backward class students; and the welfare of disadvantaged and underprivileged communities.
Out of the total supplementary demands:
- ₹19,183.85 crore is categorized as mandatory expenditure,
- ₹34,661.34 crore falls under scheduled programs,
- ₹3,664.52 crore relates to centrally sponsored schemes.
While the gross amount of supplementary demands is ₹57,509.71 crore, the actual net financial burden on the state is ₹40,644.69 crore.
Among the key allocations:
- ₹11,042.76 crore will be spent on grants as per the 15th Finance Commission’s recommendations.
- ₹3,228.38 crore has been earmarked for metro projects and stamp duty surcharge refunds to municipal corporations, councils, and district councils.
- ₹2,182.69 crore has been provisioned as margin money loans through the Maharashtra Government to cooperative sugar factories, with funding from the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC).
